DIRTY WEATHER

Tim Blair

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Friday,
November,
16,
2012,(11:58am)

“The emphasis of the Australian panel will be dirty weather in Australia, increases in temperature and hot extremes in Australia and their impacts on increasing the frequency of extreme fire weather, and impacts on the Great Barrier Reef and other natural systems,” David Karoly, a professor of meteorology at the University of Melbourne, said.

“Australia is one of the biggest contributors to the causes of dirty weather, as it has the highest per person emissions of greenhouse gases among all developed countries,” he said.

That doesn’t make any sense. The climate has no way of knowing about per-person emissions; if it does respond to human-caused greenhouse gases, it can only do so according to the overall amount rather than any population-based carbon dioxide output. Unless, of course, Gaia really does have a brain and is somehow wise to per-capita calculations.

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the highest per person emissions of greenhouse gases among all developed countries

The standards must be dropping amongst Nobel recipients. Anyone who has studied a semester of statistics would know that conclusions can be skewed by the size of a sample. What these dopes allege as statistical fact can deviate considerably if they bothered to consider the small Australian population relative to the rest of the world.

A subtle, coordinated campaign has begun in the media to scare the bejesus out of people ... again. I could only stomach five minutes of climate propaganda broadcast last night on our ABC. Commentators included the usual suspects including a notorious alarmist from the BOM. They chattered all about how Australian seas have been rising and overheating.

In fact, all numbers were presented as indisputable fact like the claim that seas around Tasmania have heated a whopping 2.4 degrees Celsius. All of these claims are refuted by published papers by world experts in sea levels and oceanography.

Do contrary opinions stop the proselytizing? In the interests of science, this stuff shouldn’t even be on television, but rather, it’s the filler for volumes of whacko news magazines at supermarket check-outs. Think about it. Even Bob Brown babbled about aliens.

Is “dirty weather” the new alarmist
catch cry? Is this a downgrade? If so we’ve gone from global warming through climate change to this. Is “dirty weather” a scientific term? Can it be measured?
Now they sound as dumb as they are.

No. Like so much of their audacious crap, their “science” is qualitative, emotional and subjective. All of their claims fail any robust quantitative analysis; hence, they fudge and dissemble. That many institutions which should know better allow this nonsense to pass as rational thought is an indictment of leadership at universities and society in general. It’s a symptom of the Humanities trying to take over Science, and sadly, they are succeeding thanks to all of the dopey politicians, special-interest lawyers and other know-nothings who think they’re smart.

Winston Smith replied to JC
Fri 16 Nov 12 (03:37pm)

It’s getting a better run than “Climate Weirding”, JC.

hayesy replied to JC
Fri 16 Nov 12 (07:45pm)

Yep, “dirty weather”. An adult thought of this.

Crossie replied to JC
Fri 16 Nov 12 (08:55pm)

Is “dirty weather” a scientific term?

Of course it is, it’s pornography for greenies.

David Crawford replied to JC
Sat 17 Nov 12 (12:42am)

JC,

In the U.S. the new phrase is “climate uncertainty”. Yeah, as if the weather was always completely predictable in the past.

Tim, you are not supposed to actually listen to what these bozos are chattering about, you are there stare in open mouthed awe at the brilliance being bestowed upon you.

If they just stopped acting like children and called it “Wealth Redistribution” I’d respect them a hell of a lot more. Start with honesty. That’s a good place to start.

Right Wing Demon replied to Dr Faustus
Sat 17 Nov 12 (08:22am)

how we can shape an agenda that garners bipartisan support

That is newspeak for, “I’m going to tell you how to run your life according to what I believe you should be doing because I know better.”

It has never worked anywhere else in the world at any time andd it won’t work now.

Dr Faustus replied to Dr Faustus
Sat 17 Nov 12 (09:56am)

“Start with honesty. That’s a good place to start.”

That, of course, is always the very best policy.

However, honesty in terms of ‘climate science’ runs against the proceeds of 30 years of fabrication, activism and academic rent seeking.

Alan of Sydney replied to Dr Faustus
Sat 17 Nov 12 (03:09pm)

How about “weather equity” where we all get to share some weather?

Actually, it’s the least we can offer our poorer brethren who have no weather.

A bit like the Lima Agreement where we offered to the third world for free all the manufacturing might of the developed west.

Now they have it all and we have nothing. Sounds fair to me.

Swap ya Sydney’s weather for Vladisvostok’s!

What the hell is ‘Dirty Weather’ anyway?
I have noticed this term starting to creep in and be used more regularly.
So ‘carbon pollution’ or ‘clean energy future’ didn’t work so lets call it ‘dirty weather’
Is it dirty because it swears and talks filth?
Is it dirty because it watches porn?
Is it dirty because the rain leaves spots on my car, dar’n?
I thought weather was just ....ahem weather

This focus on per capita measure for emissions does not make sense to me. It is always going to cast the country with a small population in an unduly negative light because of the math effect of magnifying a number because of a small denominator. Why not measure emisions per square kilometer of land area across countries? Australia would probably be one of the less polluting in the world then.

Scientists have spent hundreds of years trying to disprove the existence of God. Yet 21st century scientists expect us to believe in man-made climate change with no more sound evidence of its existence than a 10th century priest could offer to prove the existence of his God.

Man-made climate change theory is now a religion. It is based entirely on belief, not fact, it demands sacrifice for the adherents and it has a clergy, scientists, who are building wealth and power in the same way the clergy became powerful in medieval times.

I really wish these shrills would take a break, I’m over the lecture it hs been going on for 20 years now.
Come back when the actual weather gets as filthy or dirty (what ever the hell that means) as they keep telling us it will.

When none of your predictions meets reality why should any one listen? Bit like getting tips on horses that always run fourth, eventualy you are going to stop backing them.

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